Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace

Kehidupan Rehan tiba-tiba berubah drastis sejak memiliki sebuah kacamata kuno pemberian seorang kakek misterius. Namun di balik gemerlapnya dunia yang sejak lama diimpikan, ada hal lain yang justru tidak diinginkan oleh lelaki tersebut. Cinta, kekayaan, nafsu, serta segudang kemegahan yang dimiliki, ternyata bukan itu yang membuatnya bisa merasakan kebahagiaan. Simak kisahnya di KACAMATA BERDARAH.

How far can one go for love? Do the words "love conquers all" really prove themselves to be true? Or does it leave no regrets once you give the best you can to avenge the death of the people you love in any way chance presents you? This is a love story of a Mafia man Marco Alfonso and a common girl who had grown to be strong in her own way as life struggles kept provoking her till she reached her limits. How does a simple woman like Skye take the place of the man who had shown her kindness and concern was attacked by someone he trusted and fell ill? If it isn't all for gratitude, could it be because love had started to grow between these two souls? Let us explore the love story of a cold-faced yet warm-hearted Mafia man and a weak girl to a kick-ass woman in the sweet romantic story of... "Ruling the Mafia World".

Power bound to your destiny, you can't escape from... Doing the impossible to survive... And still they say it is all coming to an end... But deep down..you know it is all getting started... They say...Existence is triggered. Triggered by a force aligned with Chaos. The Force Of Sentience, the Force of Essence, The Force Of "The Spark." And just a being possesses the power of the Spark, the Celestial...John Ozais Screeman. John's desire for more power sends the world on a whole new path, a gaffe that is set to ruin existence. After releasing a high demon from hell, John realises more had been done than what he thought he performed. More precisely, the penning down of the prophecy which shall unveil the end of the supernatural race and rain chaos to the mortals. Evil triggered by the prophecy rises one after another in its various forms in accordance to the fulfillment of what has been written, what fate hath made so. Demons, raging from the depths of hell, mutants and Vampires rising, magic turning against it's host, powers at it's verge, Realms collapsing and realities wrapping turning to chaos. All hope and faith of the supernatural, fall upon the shoulders of John Ozais. Like they say, with the Spark, comes life but what they were never told was... Before Life,...comes "Chaos And Apocalypse."

"When there is no law, there is no sin." The lawless and unsecured country, the United States of America (USA), is faced with disturbances by some groups of gangsters and light-fingered guys. She is also faced with wars from Sparta, one of the city-states of Greece. The envious population of the USA is now affected by mortality and the country is gradually becoming underpopulated. One of the USA'S monarchs becomes perturbed about the country's eyesores. He takes action by summoning the citizens and an aftermath is scored. Some braves are sent on an adventure to the half moon. Do you think the braves will return from the adventure? How will the USA be availed? And what will be USA'S plight afterwards?

Saat pernikahan aku dan David berjalan sembilan tahun, ayah kandungnya meninggal dunia. Butir pertama dalam wasiatnya adalah David harus punya seorang anak bersama Elvy. Genap sebulan kelahiran anak itu akan menjadi hari resmi untuk David mewarisi harta peninggalan ayahnya. Aku mengetahuinya saat memergoki mereka sedang berduaan di ranjangku bersama David dan David yang bilang sendiri padaku. Malam itu, sambil merokok setelah bercinta, David berbisik pelan, “Lily, sabarlah sebentar lagi. Begitu warisan cair, aku akan menikahimu.” Sejak saat itu, setiap kali David ingin bertemu dengan Elvy di rumah kami, dia akan menggantungkan sebuah lonceng di pintu. Sejak kematian ayahnya hingga kini, lonceng itu sudah berbunyi sembilan puluh sembilan kali.

"If there are infinite dimensions, then there would be infinite alternate realities and if there are infinite alternate realities we would exist in almost all of them that would make all of us omnipresent" ~ Stanley Victor Paskavich. In the distant future, mankind has achieved many technological milestones and created a method of FTL known as ‘Millennium Drives’ and has been discovered by intelligent life from outside of the Milky Way Galaxy. Unbeknownst to the mortal realm, a young woman from another realm has risen from her tyrannical ‘Overlords’ ashes and will soon leave her mark upon the universe. Alicia Iminz is a young Demi-Goddess from the 'First Realm', a realm of reality where Celestials and all sorts of mythical exist. Alicia doesn't yet know that not only is she a Demi-Goddess, but a Hybrid Human Celestial; the first of her kind. In her world, because of who her parents are and because of how she came into existence she has been branded as defilement by the Gods. In order to remain amongst her people, she must prove herself worthy by being trained by one of the Gods. Once her training is complete Alicia must pass the final phase of her training. Best one of the members of the tyrannical God Collective. In the end, her choices will restart an ancient war that will span across space and time. But her journey only begins there.

The sole heiress of a wealthy family, Amanita Wallace, had seven prospective husbands, taken in from childhood to potentially wed her one day. All of them fulfilled her every wish, except Marcus Channing, who was cold and mean to her. Due to this, Amanita fell for him and even became his lapdog. Then, one day, she saw him pin his supposed sister against the wall and confess his feelings to her.

David Giovionno, seorang duda muda tampan yang memiliki putra tampan berusia 4 tahun yang bernama Liam Sky Giovinno. Sikap dan auranya yang dingin, arogan dan tak terbantahkan itu muncul ketika ia kehilangan sosok istrinya setelah melahirkan putra pertama mereka. Meskipun terlihat tidak tersentuh, pesona yang dimiliki David tetap berhasil memikat banyak wanita cantik yang ingin mendekatinya. Liam Sky Giovinno, bocah tampan yang malang karena sejak lahir ia belum pernah merasakan kasih sayang orang tua yang sesungguhnya. David selalu mengatakan jika kehadirannya hanyalah pembawa sial. Siapa pun yang berada didekatnya pasti akan mendapatkan kesialan menurut David, meskipun pada kenyataannya yang dikatakan David sama sekali tidak pernah terjadi. Bagaimana kisah perjuangan Liam yang berusaha keras untuk menaklukkan hati David agar mau menerima kehadirannya dan bisa menyayangi Liam dengan semestinya? Lalu, bagaimana jika tiba-tiba saja sosok yang begitu mirip dengan mendiang istrinya muncul dihadapan David maupun Liam? Apakah kehadiran sosok wanita tersebut akan berhasil mengubah hubungan David dan Liam menjadi jauh lebih baik layaknya hubungan ayah dan anak yang seharusnya? Atau justru kehadiran wanita tersebut akan jauh lebih mengacaukan hubungan David dan Liam mengingat pola pikir David yang masih kekeh mengatakan jika Liam adalah anak pembawa sial? Mari temukan jawaban dan kisahnya...!

Novel ini adalah karya fiksi. Tidak ada kaitan sama sekali dengan tempat. Organisasi, Peristiwa Atau Tempat mana pun. David Wijaya adalah seorang anak berusia tujuh tahun yang hidup dengan kasih sayang penuh dari sang Ayah. Berbeda dengan Ibunya yang justru tega menjual-nya hanya demi mengejar ambisinya menjadi orang kaya. Sedangkan Ayahnya selalu berjuang bekerja memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari. Apalagi David yang sudah mulai bersekolah. Hingga akhirnya dimana David dibawa pergi oleh Rita si pembeli saat Harry sedang pergi membeli makanan. Na'as nya perjalanan pesawat yang ditumpangi David mengalami kecelakaan akibat kerusakan sistem, membuat pesawat mengalami ledakan yang tak terhindari. Akibatnya seluruh penumpang serta seluruh awak di pesawat dinyatakan tewas akibat ledakan itu. Ternyata, selama 10 tahun David dengan ajaibnya bisa selamat dari insiden mengerikan tersebut. Akan tetapi David yang telah kehilangan ingatannya malah terjebak dalam pertikaian di suatu negeri membuat dirinya harus bertahan hidup. Identitas David dirahasiakan dan ia telah kembali pulang ke Negara asalnya dengan bantuan Pemerintah. Akankah David bisa hidup normal sebagai warga sipil biasa?

David Carson, the beloved billionaire known for his philanthropic work, has been keeping a dark secret from the world. But when Anna Clarke, an innocent college girl, accidentally witnesses David commit a brutal murder, she becomes a liability that David cannot afford to let live. Now, David is forced to make a life-altering decision: kill Anna and maintain his facade as a kind-hearted billionaire, or spare her life and risk exposing his true identity as the ruthless mafia kingpin known only as "Devil." As Anna fights for her survival, she uncovers shocking truths about David's past and the twisted world of organized crime. Will she be able to escape David's grasp and expose the truth, or will she become another victim of the Devil's deadly game?